CIRCLES – Basick /Roadrunner Records

A completely unique approach to modern heavy music is what you get from Melbourne, Australia based outfit CIRCLES. You simply won’t hear their distinctive fusion of powerhouse progressive rhythms, soaring powerhouseand dynamic and ultra-catchy songs anywhere else. Lead vocals from Vox singing Academies student Perry Kakridas must be heard to be believed going from a whisper to a roar and from clean to dirty vocals with effortless ease.

Emergence (2009)
The band’s origins can be traced back to Ted Furuhashi, who began writing his own songs at the age of twelve, recording them with a cassette recorder. After playing in some bands, he set up with his friend Dave Hunter, whom he had already known from his early childhood and with whom he had previously played in other bands, to found his own band, which corresponds to his musical ideas should. Together they composed almost a dozen songs, whereupon they decided to turn their project into a real band. In Drew Patton, whom they already knew from another band, the band found a suitable bass player. After searching in vain for a second guitarist and several auditions , the guitarist Matty Clarke became aware of the band ‘s social network Myspace and joined the band shortly thereafter. Over Clarke they came to the singer Perry Kakridas, who joined the band in the summer of 2009. A week later the band had their first performance.

First publications (2010-2011)
In early March 2010, the band released their first EP called Prelude , which distributed the band digitally through the online platform bandcamp. Afterwards, the band began recording their second EP, which was planned for the summer of 2010. In December 2010, the band released their first EP Prelude for free download. In February 2011, the band announced that they had signed a record deal with London based label Basick Records. In May 2011 the Compass released the second EP of the band, Which included the song The Frontline , which was already available on the first EP, with further songs, the origin of which was at the time seven years. In early November 2011, about the British edition of Metal Hammer the first music video of the band to the song Eye Embedded presented to a week later, the publication of the same digital single was followed by the next to the song itself still a remix , An instrumental version and two more songs from the first EP. The origin of which at that time was seven years in part. In early November 2011, about the British edition of Metal Hammer the first music video of the band to the song Eye Embedded presented to a week later, the publication of the same digital single was followed by the next to the song itself still a remix , An instrumental version and two more songs from the first EP. The origin of which at that time was seven years in part. In early November 2011, about the British edition of Metal Hammer the first music video of the band to the song Eye Embedded presented to a week later, the publication of the same digital single was followed by the next to the song itself still a remix , An instrumental version and two more songs from the first EP. Which was followed a week later by the release of the same-named single , which included a remix , an instrumental version and two more songs from the first EP, alongside the song itself . Which was followed a week later by the release of the same-named single , which included a remix , an instrumental version and two more songs from the first EP, alongside the song itself .

Contemporary (2012 to Present)
At the beginning of 2012 the band played a tour with different local bands of the genre from the respective surroundings, which led along the east coast of Australia. In December 2012, the band released the Single Another Me , which was released for free download on the bandcamp site of Basick Records. In addition, the band released a music video for the song. At the moment, the band is working on their first studio album , which is due to be released this year.